Bridle-bit



(ModeL) I E. E. WHEELER.

Bridle Bit.

No. 233,309. Patented Oct. 12, L880.

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EDWARD E. WHEELER, OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,309, dated October 12, 1880.

Application filed June 15, 1880. (Model) To all whom it may concern Be it known that -I, EDWARD E. WHEELER, of South Bend, county of St. Joseph, State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful I-mprovementin Bridle-Bits, (my device to be known as a double-gag snaffle-bit,) of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a common jointed or snaffle bit with a double gag, whereby a fractious horse is more easily controlled and is prevented from holding the bit between his teeth.

Its construction consists in acommon jointed bit having a double gag, connected by joints with each half of said bit, arranged to operate as hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawin gs,formin g a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a rear face view of my bit, showing the double gag or toggles in position in a horses mouth. Fig. 2 is a side view; Fig. 3, a view showing the bit closed, as when acted upon by a sudden pull upon the'reins; and Fig. 4, a side view of Fig. 3.

B B are the parts of the snaffle-bit, jointed together at D. To these parts B B, I connect short arms a a, jointed with the same at E E. To these arms a a are jointed, at 1., bars 0 c, said bars converging at their other ends, where they are jointed together at e e.

The diiferent parts are pivoted in their joints to work easily. When the bit is in the horses mouth it is in the position shown in Fig. 1, the mouth of the animal facing the view, when the gags e e are under and above the roof and base of the horses mouth, respectively. By this arrangement, should the animal start to run, the driver, by giving a sudden pull on the reins, throws the gags e e in position shown in Fig. 3, when the great pressure of said gag on both the upper and lower portions of the mouth immediately subdues the animal.

This bit will be found to be of great utility in the case of a horse in the habit of grasping and holding a bit between his teeth, as the double toggle or gags e 0 cause the animal to throw his mouth open, when the bit may be brought to bear in its proper position.

The bit is designed to be constructed with sufficiently tight joints in the toggles to prevent a forcible engagement of the gags with the upper and lower jaws of the animal with the usual strain upon the reins in ordinary driving 5 but if it should be found necessary to prevent a too easy closing of the bit in a horses mouth, a spring may be connected with the double gag for this purpose, said closing of the bit being illustrated in Fig. 4, the double gag or toggles here being in the position seen in Fig. 3.

What I claim and desire to secure is 1. A jointed or snaffle bit provided with the double toggle or gags, consisting of parts a a and c o, with their joints E E, t t, and e e, substantially as set forth, whereby pressure is brought to bear on the inner surface of both the upper and lower jaws of a horses mouth.

2. A jointed or snaffle bit provided with the double toggles e c, said toggles adapted to engage the inner surface of both the upper and lower jaws of the animals mouth when the bit is acted upon by a forcible pull of the driver upon the reins, all constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

EDWARD E. 'WHEELER.

Witnesses:

AMOS D. ALLEN, J OHN H. GHAsE. 

